PFH1178686: Burma / Myanmar: A woman vendor selling orchids and bananas on the railway station at Mohnyin, Kachin State / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178689: Burma / Mandalay: Pwe dancers at a 'Moustache Brothers' performance in Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178692: Burma / Myanmar: A Pwe dancer at a performance in Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178693: Burma / Myanmar: The Maha Muni image, Maha Muni Pagoda, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178696: Burma / Myanmar: Charcoal seller with his horse and cart, Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178697: Burma / Myanmar: Mandalay waterfront and the Irrawaddy River / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178709: Burma / Myanmar: Early morning smoke and haze over Mandalay Fort with the Shan Plateau visible in the background / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178710: Burma / Myanmar: A young Bamar / Burman boy at Sagaing near Mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178711: Burma / Myanmar: Mandalay Hill from the walls of Mandalay Fort, mandalay / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178714: Burma / Myanmar: 'Moustache Brothers' satirical performance at a Mandalay pwe / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178725: Malaysia / Singapore: A well-to-do Straits Peranakan family of Penang, late 19th century, the men dressed in Chinese style, the women in Malay style / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178732: Singapore / Malaysia: A Chinese bride in Singapore, c. 1900. Although destined to become part of the Peranakan or Baba Nyonya community, she has bound feet - a custom not generally observed by Straits Chinese of Hokkien origin / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178735: Vietnam: A traditional woodblock painting of Vietnamese fish paying tribute to the big fish (China), from Dong Ho village, Bac Ninh Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178740: Malaysia / Singapore: A Melaka / Malacca Peranakan wedding, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178773: Thailand: Dancing 'stags' on the eve of the Poy Sang Long Festival, Wat Pa Pao (Shan temple), Chiang Mai, northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178781: Korea: Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea, talking with DPRK army general / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178782: Malaysia / Singapore: Formal portrait of a Nyonya woman posing in a studio, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178786: Korea: North Korean leader Kim Il Sung (seated) with his son and successor Kim Jong Il, Pyongyang, 1980 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178793: Korea: North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, supreme ruler of the Democratic republic of Korea (DPRK) 1948-1994 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178798: Vietnam / USA: Walt Rostow showing President Lyndon B. Johnson a model of the Khe Sanh area, 1968 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178802: Thailand: Architectural drawing of presumed original form of Chiang Mai's Chedi Luang before the 1545 earthquake, showing fissure caused by earthquake where the original chedi broke and sheared away. View of east side, seen from main entrance / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178803: Thailand: A 'Crystal Son' sits atop a relatives shoulders and awaits his final ordination at Wat Phra Singh, Poy Sang Long Festival, Chiang Mai. northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178804: Thailand: 'Crystal Sons' sit atop relatives shoulders awaiting their final ordination at Wat Phra Singh, Poy Sang Long Festival, Chiang Mai. northern Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178827: China: Transfrom the Seas and the Rivers - Temper Yourselves! From the Great Leap Forward (1958-1961) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178855: China: A moon gate in Dafo Si (Great Buddha Temple), Zhangye, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178860: North Africa: A young Tunisian or Algerian woman, possibly photographed by Lehnert and Landrock, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178861: North Africa: A young Tunisian or Algerian woman, possibly photographed by Lehnert and Landrock, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1178864: North Africa: A young Tunisian or Algerian woman, possibly photographed by Lehnert and Landrock, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179570: India: Portrait of a Jemadar of the 7th Rajputs, Lucknow. British Indian Army (British Raj), late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179571: Japan: Detail of a byobu screen painting of namban (or nanban) 'Southern Barbarians' by Kano Naizen (1570-1616) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179580: Japan: Detail of a byobu screen painting of namban (or nanban) 'Southern Barbarians' by Kano Naizen (1570-1616) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179602: Iran / Persia: Execution by throwing off a cliff. Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawarikh, c. 1305 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179604: Iran / Persia: Preparations for a festival. Rashid al-Din, Jami al-Tawarikh, c. 1305 CE / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179624: Cuba: Rastaman with cigar in the Plaza de la Catedral, Old Havana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179627: Cuba: Horse and carriage, Cardenas, Matanzas Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1179629: Cuba: Late afternoon light on the bell tower of the former Convent of San Francisco de Asis, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province / Bridgeman Images